Song lyric · ci lyric, long form in two stanzas宋词 · 词（慢词，双调）

mí迷shén神yǐn引·yí一yè叶piān扁zhōu舟qīng轻fān帆juǎn卷

liǔ柳yǒng永Liu Yong · Song宋

To the Tune Mi Shen Yin: A Leaf of a Boat, Its Light Sail Furled

yí一yè叶piān扁zhōu舟qīng轻fān帆juǎn卷

zàn暂bó泊chǔ楚jiāng江nán南àn岸

gū孤chéng城mù暮jiǎo角

yǐn引hú胡jiā笳yuàn怨

shuǐ水máng茫máng茫

píng平shā沙yàn雁

xuán旋jīng惊sàn散

yān烟liǎn敛hán寒lín林cù簇

huà画píng屏zhǎn展

tiān天jì际yáo遥shān山xiǎo小

dài黛méi眉qiǎn浅

jiù旧shǎng赏qīng轻pāo抛

dào到cǐ此chéng成yóu游huàn宦

jué觉kè客chéng程láo劳

nián年guāng光wǎn晚

yì异xiāng乡fēng风wù物

rěn忍xiāo萧suǒ索

dāng当chóu愁yǎn眼

dì帝chéng城shē赊

qín秦lóu楼zǔ阻

lǚ旅hún魂luàn乱

fāng芳cǎo草lián连kōng空kuò阔

cán残zhào照mǎn满

jiā佳rén人wú无xiāo消xī息

duàn断yún云yuǎn远

Underlined words have notes: tap one. The Pinyin button below shows or hides all pinyin. 一 and 不 are marked with the tone you actually say.字下有虚线的，点开有注释。下方的“拼音”按钮可以显示或隐藏全部拼音。“一”“不”标的是实际读出来的变调。

The source text has a wrong character for jiā in hú jiā (the reed pipe); it is corrected here.

原始资料作“胡茄”，是“胡笳”的错字，这里改正。

Line by line逐句翻译

一叶扁舟轻帆卷My boat, small as a leaf, rolls up its light sail,一只小船像片树叶，收起了轻轻的帆，
暂泊楚江南岸and stops for a while on the south bank of the Chu River.暂时停在楚江的南岸。
孤城暮角On the lonely city wall the evening horn sounds,孤零零的城上，傍晚吹起了号角，
引胡笳怨and draws out the sad tune of the reed pipe.引出胡笳哀怨的声音。
水茫茫The water spreads wide and dim.江水茫茫一片，
平沙雁Wild geese rest on the flat sandbank,平平的沙滩上落着大雁，
旋惊散and in a moment they are startled and scatter.一下子被惊得四散飞走。
烟敛寒林簇The mist clears; the cold woods stand in clumps,烟雾散开，冷落的树林一丛丛，
画屏展like a painted screen opened up before me.像一扇画屏在眼前展开。
天际遥山小Far hills at the sky's edge look small,天边远处的山显得很小，
黛眉浅faint as a woman's painted eyebrows.像女子画的眉毛一样淡淡的。
旧赏轻抛I lightly threw away the pleasures of the past,从前的欢乐生活，被我轻易丢下，
到此成游宦and now I have become an official wandering far from home.到如今成了在外地做官的人。
觉客程劳I feel how tiring the road is,只觉得旅途辛苦，
年光晚and how late in life I have grown.自己的年纪也已经大了。
异乡风物The sights of this strange place,他乡的风景和事物，
忍萧索so bleak, how can I bear them,这么冷清，叫人怎么受得了，
当愁眼right in front of my sad eyes?偏偏正对着我发愁的眼睛。
帝城赊The capital is far away,京城那么遥远，
秦楼阻the home of the one I love is cut off from me,心上人住的地方也被隔开了，
旅魂乱and my traveling heart is all in turmoil.我这个旅人心里乱成一团。
芳草连空阔Sweet grass stretches out to the open distance,芳草一直连到空旷的远方，
残照满and the last sunlight fills everything.夕阳的余光洒满了大地。
佳人无消息From my love there is no word,心爱的人没有一点消息，
断云远only broken clouds drifting far away.只有断开的云彩飘向远方。

Words字词注释

一叶扁舟yí yè piān zhōu: yī yè piān zhōu: a small boat, as small as a leaf.一叶扁舟：一只小船，小得像一片树叶。
轻帆卷qīng fān juǎn: qīng fān juǎn: rolling up the light sail, ready to stop.轻帆卷：把轻轻的船帆收卷起来，准备停船。
暂泊zàn bó: zàn bó: to stop the boat at the shore for a while.暂泊：暂时停船靠岸。
楚江chǔ jiāng: chǔ jiāng: the river through the old land of Chu, the middle Yangtze.楚江：流过古代楚国一带的江，指长江中游。
暮角mù jiǎo: mù jiǎo: the horn blown on the city wall at dusk.暮角：傍晚城楼上吹响的号角。
胡笳hú jiā: hú jiā: a reed pipe from the northern peoples, with a sad sound.胡笳：从北方民族传来的一种吹奏乐器，声音悲凉。
怨yuàn: yuàn: a sorrowful sound.怨：哀怨的声音。
平沙píng shā: píng shā: a flat sandbank.平沙：平坦的沙滩。
旋xuán: xuán: at once, quickly.旋：随即，很快地。
烟敛yān liǎn: yān liǎn: the mist draws back and clears.烟敛：烟雾收起、散开了。
簇cù: cù: gathered in clumps.簇：聚在一起，一丛一丛的。
画屏展huà píng zhǎn: huà píng zhǎn: like a painted screen opened up in front of you.画屏展：像一扇画屏风打开在眼前。
天际tiān jì: tiān jì: the edge of the sky.天际：天边。
黛眉dài méi: dài méi: a woman's eyebrows painted dark blue-black. Here it stands for faint far hills.黛眉：女子用青黑色颜料画的眉毛。这里用来比远处淡淡的山。
旧赏jiù shǎng: jiù shǎng: the pleasures and good times of the past.旧赏：从前的游乐和欢乐生活。
轻抛qīng pāo: qīng pāo: lightly thrown away.轻抛：轻易地丢下了。
游宦yóu huàn: yóu huàn: leaving home to serve as an official in faraway places.游宦：离开家乡，到外地做官。
客程kè chéng: kè chéng: the journey of a traveler far from home.客程：在外漂泊的旅程。
年光晚nián guāng wǎn: nián guāng wǎn: the years are getting late; one is growing old.年光晚：年纪已经大了。
风物fēng wù: fēng wù: the scenery and the things of a place.风物：风景和事物。
忍rěn: rěn: how can one bear it.忍：怎么忍心，哪里受得了。
萧索xiāo suǒ: xiāo suǒ: bleak and lonely.萧索：冷清、凄凉。
当愁眼dāng chóu yǎn: dāng chóu yǎn: right in front of sad eyes.当愁眼：正对着满含愁苦的眼睛。
帝城dì chéng: dì chéng: the capital, here Bianjing, the Northern Song capital.帝城：京城，指北宋都城汴京。
秦楼qín lóu: qín lóu: first the tower of Nongyu, daughter of Duke Mu of Qin; later, the home of a beloved woman.秦楼：本指秦穆公女儿弄玉住的楼，后来常指心爱女子住的地方。
阻zǔ: zǔ: cut off, cannot be reached.阻：隔开，去不了。
旅魂lǚ hún: lǚ hún: the traveler's heart and mind.旅魂：旅人的心思。
连空阔lián kōng kuò: lián kōng kuò: stretching all the way into the open distance.连空阔：一直连到空旷的远方。
残照cán zhào: cán zhào: the last light of the setting sun.残照：快要落山的夕阳光。
断云duàn yún: duàn yún: broken pieces of cloud.断云：一片片断开的云。

How to read it读音

扁piān: In piān zhōu (small boat), the character is read piān, meaning small, not biǎn.“扁舟”的“扁”读 piān，意思是小。不读 biǎn。
泊bó: Here the character means to moor a boat and is read bó, not pō.“泊”是停船，读 bó，不读 pō。
角jiǎo: In mù jiǎo (evening horn), it means a bugle horn and is read jiǎo.“暮角”的“角”是号角，读 jiǎo。
赊shē: Read shē. Here it means far away, not buying on credit.“赊”这里读 shē，意思是远，不是“赊账”的意思。

Background创作背景

This lyric shows how the poet felt while traveling by boat as an official far from home. The words "south bank of the Chu River" place it on the middle Yangtze, the old land of Chu. Liu Yong passed the top exam only in middle age, and after that he served as a minor official in many places, always on the move. We do not know which year this poem was written. It says he has become a wandering official and that his years are growing late, so it comes from a time when he was older and far from home.

这首词写的是作者在外地做官、坐船赶路时的心情。从“楚江南岸”看，地点在长江中游一带，古代属于楚地。柳永中年以后才考中进士，此后在各地做小官，常年奔波。这首词具体是哪一年写的，现在说不清楚。词里说“到此成游宦”，又说“年光晚”，可以看出是他年纪较大、在外漂泊时写的。

The poet作者

Liu Yong (about 987 to about 1053) was a Northern Song lyric poet from Chong'an in Fujian. His first name was Sanbian. When young he wrote songs for the singing houses of the capital. They were easy to understand and spread everywhere; people said that wherever there was a well, people sang Liu Yong's songs. He passed the exam late and only held small posts. He was a master of long, slow lyrics, often about partings and the sorrows of travel.

柳永（约987—约1053），北宋词人，原名三变，福建崇安人。他年轻时常在京城的歌楼里写词，写得通俗好懂，传唱很广，人们说“凡有井水饮处，即能歌柳词”。他很晚才考中进士，一生只做过小官。他特别擅长写长调慢词，常写离别和羁旅的愁苦。

The mood意境

The first stanza paints the scene. A small boat stops by the river. At dusk a horn and a reed pipe sound from the city wall, sad and thin. Geese on the sandbank are startled into the air, and far hills are as faint as a woman's eyebrows. The view is pretty as a painting, but cold and lonely. The second stanza turns to feeling. The poet says he threw away his happy past and became a minor official always on the road, and now he is old. The bleaker the strange land looks, the worse he feels. The capital is far, he cannot see the one he loves, and his heart is in a tangle. The ending goes back to the view: grass running to the sky, the last sunlight everywhere, and broken clouds drifting away. These lines never say "I miss her", yet they make the missing feel long and endless, like grass that runs past the edge of sight.

上片写景。一只小船停在江边，傍晚城上响起号角和胡笳，声音悲凉。沙滩上的大雁被惊飞，天边的远山淡得像女子的眉毛。景色像画一样美，却又冷清孤单。下片写情。作者说自己丢下了从前快乐的日子，成了到处奔波的小官，人也老了。他乡的景色越萧索，他越难受。京城远，心上人也见不到，心里一团乱。结尾又回到景色：芳草连天，夕阳洒满，只有断云飘远。这几句不直接说想念，却把想念写得又长又远，像那片望不到头的芳草。